New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-03
FEBRUARY MAGAZINES.
,,upsq on TgEyR CONTENTS.


.allanee. In many dry numbers may be excused ior
the sake of one 30 good this. There is much AT
tractiye matter in the other portions OF the
Mr. Crawford's story grows IN power, anu P,,o',iees
Miller contributes fascinating little udy under the
title Of a Bird OF Affairs v; Inc SECOND Dun 10
continued Mr. Langdon relates neatly and simply an
experience on Capri; and there mass ~ ara
work mostly acute and well considered lhnr ERE are
poems by Mr. Lowell Mr. Whittier and MI WINTER
the work OF the first is it must be said something VI
Mr. Wasnbnrnes "reminiscences of the siege OF Paris
and Mr. Matthew's paper Coqnein offer the chiei
entertainment OF Scrbners." II Is PIT, wa. iu ~
;~en ~ 20 the unavoidable extracts from the Morris
Diaries They are not valuable in themselves hor arc
they presented in striking manner rus.;,c IN aTbe
rornn y the ouestion WHY have we no Grcat mover.
ists ~ arrives at the conclusion that IL IS Pecauso
thors write for girls ITO be obliged. ne says W
snrss that which is best in him and offer that when
IL of no consequence is the plight TO wLich many
novelist in this paradise OF women IL rouuocu, 80
inc less is demsnded of him by that iorco
iieJ nnblie taste as embodied in the editors OF the
naSipg magazines behind whom sits arIayed In storm
and bswiderng oyeness his n JMSon .ue who
stranges In her fond embrace the American novenst
the Moloch upon whose altar he sacrifices whg,y or
nm slnplv his chances of greatness III Is nara 10
saw which Is the more ludicrous-the picture OF the
young American girl Moloch or that OF an average
American novelist boiling with ssnppressea genus TSs
Rev. A. j. F. Behrends contributes to the same maya
zine q simple solution OF the saloon prooem III is
merely to externinate the open saloon Let man
have his personal freedom in the matter OF liquor, he
says let him manufacture it, buy it, sell IT, et l DO
unmolested in his dining room, be master OF MS
own table in a hotel but let there be no place Mnere
men shall openly and publicly Tor purposes %
drunkenness and riot . g. -. A.,
MIR. III. p. Weiss Moose Hunting " is one OF the
most fascinating papers which Harper has presented
In many a day The reader, as he turns inc page
Fan almost feel the crisp northern air upon MS
ran almost hear the tread OF the ungainiy game as
draws near Mr. Millets second Cossack paper Is IN
tert and illustration even more admirable than the
first These articles with Sir Edward Reeds" Nayies
Of the Continent the most attractive portions 81
the magazine all are out OF INC o1oin"iS ius "a
periodical literature ,.
" The Century" paper which makes the strongest
and 0't worthy spIi1 10 popular which n
coin is brought to tie opening OF the con-
tloversy which he was to end, The work
loses perhaps sS%ethg OF ITS streng'n IN IN R
form but it is difficult having once dipped INTO an
instament, to tosbear to finish 1t then ana ane,S'
Inc Chief Justice Sbeas account OF the balllng OF
Jefferson Davis communicated by G, +; LatolHp,
The Ceuturys fiction is not remarkable TINS nonsn
even Mr. Stockton's story amusingly whimsical as 1t
is seems somewhat too weighty Tor Its siSht iiane
work. The short story OF Moonshiners Is hackneyed
much Moonshner in current fiction; he is getting TO
The English Illustrated Magazine y opens with an
excellent illustrated paper by James Slime on Robert
burns Sketches of travel, fiction and verse fill the
rest OF this always satisfactory magazine. Mt hngh
Thomson illustrates Desert tion OF London > in his
Enthusiastically humorous way and dr. o"mOihe
contributes this poem:
BALLAD OF BATH
Like queen enchanted who may not laugh or weep ,o
Glad at heart and guarded from change and care IKE
Grit about with beauty by days and nights that creep
Soft breahess rppes that softly shorewarI sweep
Lies the lovely city whose grace no grief deiowers
Age and grey forgetfulness time that shifts and veers
Touch thee fairest whose charm no rva hears
Hal lied as EnClauts Florence
Iandor. once thy lover, name that love reveres
Dawn and noon and sunset are one before thy race
Dawn whereof We know not and noon whose fruit we
Gsrnered up in record of years that fell like flowers
Sunset liker sunrise along the shining steep
Whence thy fair face Shten and where tiny SOFT springs
Crown at once and grid thee with grace of guardian
Loved Of men beloved of souls that fame inspherc'.
All thine air hath music for him who dreams and hearst
Voices mixed of multudes feet OF friends that pace,
Witness why for ever heavens lace clouds or clears
Dawn and noon and sunset are one before my lace.
Peace hath here found harbOrags mild as very sleep
Not the hills and waters, the fields and wildwood
Emile or speak more tendory, clothed with peace moro
here than memory whispers Of DAYS our memories keep
Fast with love and laughter ana dreams oi "'heIe"
Bright We're these as of old and thought endeaTs
st the fair soft phantOns that pass with SMILES tears
sweet as roseleaves boarded and dried wherein we
Still, the soul and spirit Of sense that lives and cheers
Dawn and noon and sunset are one before thy face
citv lulled asleep by the chime OF passing years.
sweeer smiles thy rest than the radiance round thy
Only love and lovely remembrance here have place.
Time on thee lies lighter than music on mems ears
Dawn and noon and sunset are one before thy face.
Professor William James's paper Oh The Laws of
Habit" opens i'll admirable fashion the popular
Science Monthly" 1t is sermon OF golden value to
the self ndu gent tendency TO act' he saws only
becomes effectively ingrained in us in proportion TO
no min treuuency
actually occur, and the brain grows to their use.
Every time a resolve or line glow OF feeling eyapor
ates without bearing practical fruit is than
chance lost works positively to hinder future
resolutions and emotions from taking the normal path
of discharge. Even the habit OF excessive indulgence
In music Tor those who are neither performers them
selves unsteady gifted enough to take 1t N @
purely intellectual way has probably relaxing effect
upon the character. One becomes filled with emotions
which habtdally pass without prompting to any deed,
and so the nertly sentimental condition is tept up.
The remedy would be- never to suffer ones self have
al emotion at concert without expressing it alter
ward in some active way Let the expression be the
least thing in the worldthe giving of ones seat in
horsecar, il nothing more heroic oiers-but let 1t
sThat this number Of Outing is Ii, civ and readable
bne its table Of contents proves We are in ited to go
yachting IN Midsummer" with Mr.. c. L. Norton TO
20 After Geronimo" with Lieutenant Bigelow to
Fake A Bout with the Gloves with Mr. Clay to
wheel Around the World on a Bicycle =" with Mr.
Ste, ens-and very grievous is to that his
papers coming TO an end. Lieutenant Lemlys
West Point Romance is pleasant IL short The text
p the magazine III us HBnt
way the illustrations, however. are not worthy the
naine-they merely Disagreement.
Lippincott this month, has feature OF special
interest though its contents will fill leisure hour
Two with quiet entertainment. The ceverest work it
pliers Is the novelette,. g. Self made Man, by Miss
hcCleland.
There is more variety than usual In the subjects
II The North American Review papers. There is a
rood deal OF interest In Mr.. verderys rose-coored
Flew of Southern finance in Mr.. Leonard Swetts
recount Of the Kidnapping and Assassination Con-
ppiracies OF the Rebellion IN sane @omans story OF
her twenty eight years imprisonment in mad-housc
md in Ouidas pessimistic paper the vulgarity OF
ME age. Societ,," says this lady, is the whole
both stupid and vulgar 1t scarcely knows the good
trvm The bad in anything II fashion is set it
tolows the fashion sheepishly without knowing VIII,
genuine TASTE"
Mr.. Benjamins handsomely illustrated paper on
sNotabie Editors between 1776 and 1900" opens a
more than usually entertaining number OF " The
Magazine OF American History" The verest cynic on
suhiecf Of unm ifv